Abstract

Pheromones are volatile compounds, or "scents", that are used by insects of a given species to communicate with each other. There are various types of pheromones serving different purposes, i.e., alarm, aggregation, territorial marking, tracking or recognition, and sex pheromones. Researchers with the Canadian Forest Service (CFS) of Natural Resources Canada are currently working on isolating these pheromones, identifying their components and determining how they are used by insects.